How green are you?

We read all over the news the impact that industrialization has had on our world, mainly on the ecosystem. As global warming has been established as a scientific fact, proven to be caused mainly by human related pollution and contamination, it has reached the point that we can no longer ignore it.

Ironically, the way in which this problem is often discussed, as a global issue of grand scale, we often regard it as a problem that either doesn’t have a tangible or direct impact on one’s life, or on the other hand that it’s effects are so slowly showing themselves in relation of the lifespan o only one human being, that we tend to gravitate to inaction.

 Inaction and apathy not only makes a bad example as to what other will do, but the collective apathy means we become accomplices of the gradual degradation of our own quality of life and safety of our environment.

That being said, I always try to preserve as much energy and heat as possible while in my house, try to be responsible in the way I treat my refuse (we have 3 different bins for garbage so we can recycle plastics and glass), and try to stay up to date on the latest news concerning energy and environmental sciences. After all, the first step is to be informed as to what are the ways in which people can make a difference, giving us the tools for action and demands for the government.

We must make an effort even if the most strongly felt effects and consequences are not to be seen in our lifetimes. From an ethical point of view, it is important to make a better world for the ones that will come once we are long gone, not contributing to the worsening of their living conditions.